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exploring the Donner Party's Alder Creek camp

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University of Oklahoma Press
Language
English
Pages
390

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Subjects
Cannibalism, Animal remains (Archaeology), Human remains (Archaeology), Donner Party, Archaeology and history, Excavations (Archaeology), Donner party, Excavations (archaeology), Animal remains (archaeology), Human remains (archaeology), California, history
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Alder Creek Site (Calif.), Truckee Region, California
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Table of Contents

Sufferers in the mountains: the Donner Party disaster / Kristin Johnson
The aftermath of tragedy : the Donner camps in later years / Kristin Johnson
Historical perspectives on the archaeology of the Donner Party / Donald L. Hardesty
An archaeology of despair / Kelly J. Dixon
A family in crisis : archaeology of a survival camp / Julie M. Schablitsky
What remains : species identification and bone histology / Gwen Robbins and Kelsey Gray, with contributions by Guy L. Tasa, Ryne Danielson, and Matt Irish
Man and beast : skeletal signatures of a starvation diet / Shannon A. Novak
The delicate question : cannibalism in prehistoric and historic times / G. Richard Scott and Sean McMurry
Under watchful eyes : Washoe narratives of the Donner Party / Jo Ann Nevers and Penny Rucks, with contributions by Lana Hicks, Steven James, and Melba Rakow
All remember the fate of the Donner Party : history and the disaster at cannibal camp / Will Bagley and Kristin Johnson
Concluding thoughts / Kelly J. Dixon and Julie M. Schablitsky.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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979.4/01
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F868.N5 A73 2011, F868.N5A73 2011

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xiv, 390p.
Number of pages
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9780806142104
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2011006019
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704120570

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